The Rubinstein-Scharlemann graphic of a 3-manifold as the discriminant set of a stable map

DOI10.2140/pjm.2000.195.101zbMath1019.57010OpenAlexW1999109402MaRDI QIDQ1587569

Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Osamu Saeki

Publication date: 3 December 2000

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2140/pjm.2000.195.101

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldsorbifoldstable mapstwo bridge knotHeegaard surfacesRubinstein-Scharlemann graphics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discriminantal varieties and configuration spaces in algebraic topology (55R80) Singularities of differentiable mappings in differential topology (57R45) Topological invariants on manifolds (58K65)

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